Mona Awad

Mona Awad
Born (1978-08-22) August 22, 1978 (age 46)
Montreal, Quebec
OccupationAuthor
NationalityCanadian
Alma mater
Notable works
  • 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl
  • Bunny
  • All's Well
  • Rouge

Mona Awad (born August 22, 1978) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer known for works of darkly comic fiction.[1][2][3]

Awad's debut novel, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl, was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and received the Amazon.ca First Novel Award.[4] Her second novel, Bunny, was a finalist for the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Horror and New England Book Award. Her third novel, All's Well, was likewise a finalist for the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Horror, and so was her fourth novel, Rouge.

She has worked as an assistant professor at Syracuse University since 2020.[5]

  1. ^ "Mona Awad gives us 13 ways to look at 'fat girls'". Toronto Star, February 21, 2016.
  2. ^ Veitch, Mara (2021-08-02). "The Novelist Mona Awad Pushes Shakespeare off the Stage". Interview Magazine. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  3. ^ Kelly, Hillary (2021-08-05). "Review: Wellness as metaphor: Mona Awad's new novel of pain and witchery". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  4. ^ "Mona Awad wins Amazon.ca First Novel Award". CBC Books, May 26, 2016.
  5. ^ "Arts & Sciences: People: Faculty: Mona Awad". College of Arts & Sciences at Syracuse University. Retrieved 2 April 2023.